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Thanks so much 50 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:21,080 Speaker 5: for tuning in today. I'd like to get started with 51 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:23,360 Speaker 5: something funny each week. And this was sent to me 52 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:25,920 Speaker 5: by a ninety four year old woman that watches us 53 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:26,400 Speaker 5: every week. 54 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:27,560 Speaker 4: And see what you think. 55 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:30,680 Speaker 5: And eighty five year old widow went on a blind 56 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 5: date with a ninety year old man. When she returned 57 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:36,480 Speaker 5: to her daughter's house later that evening, she seemed upset. 58 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 5: The daughter asked mom, what's wrong. She said, I had 59 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:42,080 Speaker 5: to slap him in the face three times. She said, 60 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 5: you mean he tried to get fresh. She said, no, 61 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:49,400 Speaker 5: I thought he was dead. All right, hold up your 62 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:51,960 Speaker 5: bibles and say it like you mean it. Ready, this 63 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:54,799 Speaker 5: is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 64 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:57,919 Speaker 5: I have what it says I have. I can do 65 00:02:57,960 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 5: what it says I can do. 66 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:00,680 Speaker 4: Today. Hey, I will be. 67 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:04,600 Speaker 5: Taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 68 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 5: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 69 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 5: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 70 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:13,919 Speaker 4: I want to talk to you today. 71 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:18,200 Speaker 5: About the importance of spending quiet time alone each day 72 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 5: and learning to let your mind totally relax. We live 73 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:26,840 Speaker 5: in a very noisy society. We've got cell phones always ringing. 74 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 5: We drive to work into traffic with the news constantly on. 75 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:34,840 Speaker 5: You get home and the TV's blaring and doorbells ringing. 76 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 5: Sometimes you've got kids that are screaming. One of the 77 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:42,119 Speaker 5: biggest stress inducers there is is simply noise. And when 78 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 5: we're constantly being bombarded by all this clutter, it's so 79 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:48,360 Speaker 5: easy to get out of balance. We have to learn 80 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 5: to get quiet. And David said in Psalm twenty three, 81 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 5: the Lord is my shepherd. He leads me beside the 82 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:59,640 Speaker 5: still waters. Well, let me ask you, how long has 83 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 5: it been since you've been beside those still waters where 84 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 5: you got quiet, where your mind wasn't racing, thinking about 85 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:10,680 Speaker 5: your problems, thinking about what you need to do. See, 86 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:13,120 Speaker 5: we can let our bodies rest, but we've got to 87 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 5: learn to let our minds rest. And every day we 88 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:19,920 Speaker 5: should have a period of quiet time where we get 89 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:21,800 Speaker 5: alone and do nothing more. 90 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 4: But get quiet and enjoy the silence. 91 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:27,479 Speaker 5: Not get away and pray, Not get away and tell 92 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:28,720 Speaker 5: God all your problems. 93 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:30,920 Speaker 4: Not get away and think about what you need to do. 94 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:34,160 Speaker 5: Now just the time to get alone and let our 95 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 5: minds totally unwind. Jesus said in the Book of Matthew, 96 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:41,200 Speaker 5: come to me, all you that are weary, and I 97 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:45,919 Speaker 5: will refresh and restore your souls. Well, our soul is 98 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 5: our mind, our soul is our emotions. 99 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:50,720 Speaker 4: And God is saying, if you'll just. 100 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:53,880 Speaker 5: Come to me on a regular basis and get quiet 101 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:57,160 Speaker 5: and tap into my peace, then I'll refresh you and 102 00:04:57,240 --> 00:04:57,839 Speaker 5: restore you. 103 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 4: It's one thing to rest physics. 104 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:03,559 Speaker 5: I know people that take vacations, but they never rest 105 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:08,080 Speaker 5: their minds. They're always worried, always uptight about something. And 106 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:10,880 Speaker 5: if you're not careful, you can do that so long 107 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:14,159 Speaker 5: that you don't ever really unwind. You can get to 108 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:16,480 Speaker 5: the point where you don't even know how to relax, 109 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:19,839 Speaker 5: and that will start to affect you physically. You can't 110 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:23,560 Speaker 5: sleep well at night, you've got digestive problems, you're uptight 111 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:26,680 Speaker 5: down in here, and it's all because you're never getting 112 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:29,360 Speaker 5: back to that place of peace. And that's not the 113 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:32,080 Speaker 5: way our bodies were meant to function. And if we're 114 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:34,760 Speaker 5: going to stay healthy, then we've got to take time 115 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:38,479 Speaker 5: every day to get alan to the quietest place we 116 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:42,040 Speaker 5: can find and just totally put our mind in neutral 117 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:45,320 Speaker 5: and relax. You've got to get beside the still waters. 118 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:50,680 Speaker 5: Peace rebuilds your energies. Being quiet and calm and still 119 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:53,479 Speaker 5: helps to restore what the world has pulled out of you. 120 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:57,920 Speaker 5: A lot of times we think of relaxing as unwinding, 121 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:00,680 Speaker 5: but really when we get quiet, we get back to 122 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:03,520 Speaker 5: that place of peace. A better way to describe it 123 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 5: is it's balancing us. And most of the experts say 124 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 5: that we need at least fifteen minutes of quiet time 125 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 5: for every twenty four hour period. And I don't know 126 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:17,920 Speaker 5: of one person that's really happy and really peaceful that 127 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 5: doesn't have some type of quiet time on a regular basis. 128 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:23,599 Speaker 5: And you may want to do it in the morning 129 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:26,000 Speaker 5: when you first get up. Just start the day off 130 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:30,039 Speaker 5: in peace. Don't make the mistake of rushing around, being 131 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:32,920 Speaker 5: laid getting upset, and all of a sudden at the 132 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:35,839 Speaker 5: very beginning of the day, you're on edge. Now get 133 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:38,599 Speaker 5: into that place of peace, get up and maybe read 134 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:41,360 Speaker 5: your Bible and pray, and then just take a few 135 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:44,680 Speaker 5: minutes to enjoy the silence. Just close your eyes. Or 136 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:47,120 Speaker 5: maybe you want to watch the sun come up. Maybe 137 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 5: you want to just enjoy the trees, enjoy God's creation, 138 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:51,800 Speaker 5: but don't think about anything. 139 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:53,840 Speaker 4: Just have a time of peace. 140 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 5: And this is something that so many of us have 141 00:06:56,640 --> 00:07:00,240 Speaker 5: forgotten how to do. I know my personality is to 142 00:07:00,279 --> 00:07:03,719 Speaker 5: always be on the go. I'm very driven. I'm always 143 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 5: thinking about the next thing that I should be doing. 144 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:06,280 Speaker 4: Now. 145 00:07:06,279 --> 00:07:08,920 Speaker 5: I used to think man, taking time to get quiet, 146 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 5: taking time to be alone, let my mind unwine, that's boring. 147 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:14,600 Speaker 4: That's a waste of time. I don't want to do that. 148 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:17,840 Speaker 5: But now I've realized that's not a waste of time. 149 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 5: That's a part of being balanced. That's a part of 150 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:25,240 Speaker 5: staying whole mentally and emotionally. And the scripture says here 151 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 5: in Psalm forty six, verse ten. 152 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:30,119 Speaker 4: Be still and know that I am God. 153 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:34,080 Speaker 5: You need to get still every single day if you're 154 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:37,600 Speaker 5: going to expect God to refresh you and re energize you. 155 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:40,960 Speaker 5: This is not something that's just nice to do if 156 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:43,960 Speaker 5: you don't have anything else going on. No, when you 157 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:47,200 Speaker 5: get quiet, when you let your mind totally relax. That 158 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 5: should be a priority in your life. That's what keeps 159 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 5: us in balance. And some of you are real good 160 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:56,160 Speaker 5: at giving out to everybody else. You're always on the go, 161 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:59,120 Speaker 5: taking care of your children, doing things for others. 162 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:01,760 Speaker 4: You've got a heart of going. But listen, you've got 163 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:03,640 Speaker 4: to learn to take care of yourself. 164 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:07,520 Speaker 5: Your spiritual and emotional well being should be your number 165 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 5: one priority. Should be way up there on your list. 166 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:15,320 Speaker 5: And understand, nobody else can take care of yourself for you, 167 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:17,320 Speaker 5: and you're doing your family a disservice. 168 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:18,880 Speaker 4: If you're always. 169 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:22,239 Speaker 5: Emotionally and mentally worn out, you need to take time 170 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:26,120 Speaker 5: for yourself. Get alan every day, get quiet, put your 171 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:29,560 Speaker 5: mind in neutral, let God's peace restore you and re 172 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:32,920 Speaker 5: energize you. I know this man that's a CEO of 173 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:37,080 Speaker 5: a very large corporation. He's got an extremely busy schedule. 174 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:40,679 Speaker 5: People are always vying for his attention. But every day, 175 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:43,760 Speaker 5: once in the morning and once in the afternoon, he 176 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:47,600 Speaker 5: goes into his office, closes the door, turns off his 177 00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:48,320 Speaker 5: cell phone. 178 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:49,160 Speaker 4: You ask his. 179 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:52,280 Speaker 5: Secretary not to interrupt him, and he takes what he 180 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:56,040 Speaker 5: calls a ten minute peace break, where he just closes 181 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:59,839 Speaker 5: his eyes, puts his mind in neutral and totally unwinds, 182 00:09:00,320 --> 00:09:03,880 Speaker 5: and he says that's what helps him to stay balanced. Well, 183 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:07,760 Speaker 5: he's tapping into that peace, He's tapping into that inner silence. 184 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:09,760 Speaker 4: That's where God refreshes us. 185 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 5: And do you know you can take a ten minute 186 00:09:12,559 --> 00:09:15,480 Speaker 5: vacation in your mind, even in the middle of a 187 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:18,840 Speaker 5: busy day, if you can just get quiet, Picture yourself 188 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:22,600 Speaker 5: sitting by an ocean, picture yourself watching the sun go down, 189 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:25,400 Speaker 5: and soak up God's peace. Don't go through the day 190 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 5: all upset and on edge and irritable. Learn to get 191 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:32,840 Speaker 5: yourself back into balance. It's interesting back in the old days, 192 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 5: when people got sick, they'd send them to a sanatorium 193 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:38,600 Speaker 5: to recover, and that was a place where they could 194 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:42,480 Speaker 5: totally relax and totally unwind. And they found when they 195 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:45,920 Speaker 5: did this that their immune systems would get much stronger. 196 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:49,200 Speaker 5: And there's no telling how much sickness and disease we 197 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:52,679 Speaker 5: could avoid if we just learned to stay balanced, if 198 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:56,000 Speaker 5: we just take a little quiet time every single day. 199 00:09:56,360 --> 00:09:59,680 Speaker 5: I was reading about how our muscles have two states, 200 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:01,480 Speaker 5: a stress state. 201 00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:02,600 Speaker 4: And a relaxed state. 202 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:06,520 Speaker 5: When they're in that stress state, the blood vessels constrict 203 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:10,760 Speaker 5: and this increases our blood pressure. But when we're relaxed, 204 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:14,440 Speaker 5: that muscle tissue lengthens out and the blood vessels open up, 205 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:17,840 Speaker 5: and of course that will reduce our blood pressure. I 206 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:20,560 Speaker 5: remember the first time I ever had a massage. This 207 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:23,679 Speaker 5: was years and years ago. The messuse he kept telling 208 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:26,480 Speaker 5: me again and again to relax, Hey, just relax, and 209 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:28,359 Speaker 5: I thought to myself, I am relaxed. 210 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:30,520 Speaker 4: He told me afterwards, in. 211 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:33,240 Speaker 5: His fifteen years of doing that he had never felt 212 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:35,280 Speaker 5: anyone as uptight as I was. 213 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:37,360 Speaker 4: He didn't mean that as a compliment. 214 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:39,960 Speaker 5: Not tight like working out, but that was tight from 215 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:43,880 Speaker 5: being stressed out. But as I said, my personality type 216 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:47,240 Speaker 5: didn't know how to relax. I had trained myself to 217 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:49,520 Speaker 5: always be on the go, and I had to make 218 00:10:49,559 --> 00:10:52,800 Speaker 5: some adjustments in my life. Now I take time every 219 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:57,760 Speaker 5: day to get quiet, to meditate, to just totally wind 220 00:10:57,800 --> 00:11:00,959 Speaker 5: down physically as well as emotionally. Now I learned to 221 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:03,160 Speaker 5: get some of the clutter out of my life. I 222 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:05,760 Speaker 5: had to turn off the radio in the car sometimes, 223 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:08,240 Speaker 5: I learned to turn my TV off, and not to 224 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:09,440 Speaker 5: always have to have. 225 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:10,120 Speaker 4: Something to do. 226 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:13,800 Speaker 5: Sometimes it's good to just allow ourselves to be bored. 227 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:16,600 Speaker 5: Don't get to that point where you always have to 228 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:19,760 Speaker 5: have something entertaining you, where every spare moment of the 229 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:22,439 Speaker 5: day you run turn the TV on or you run 230 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:26,240 Speaker 5: go do that choice. Now, that's a habit that you've developed, 231 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:28,360 Speaker 5: and it's going to end up keeping you out of balance. 232 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:31,640 Speaker 5: You've got to understand it's good to have times where 233 00:11:31,679 --> 00:11:34,360 Speaker 5: you just do nothing. It's healthy to have times where 234 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:37,120 Speaker 5: you just have a two hour period to just totally. 235 00:11:36,920 --> 00:11:38,000 Speaker 4: Let your mind relax. 236 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:40,720 Speaker 5: Don't put anything into it, don't go read a book, 237 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:42,200 Speaker 5: don't go call your friend. 238 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:43,520 Speaker 4: Just put it in neutral. 239 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:46,400 Speaker 5: Hey, you say, Joel, I really need to clean my garage, 240 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:49,120 Speaker 5: or I really need to go run these errands. You know, 241 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 5: there will always be things to do. You have to 242 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:54,240 Speaker 5: make it a priority to take time every day. 243 00:11:54,120 --> 00:11:56,119 Speaker 4: To relax, and not just physically. 244 00:11:56,360 --> 00:12:00,400 Speaker 5: I'm talking more today about emotionally and mentally. A friend 245 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:02,480 Speaker 5: of mine told me how one day the power went 246 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:05,680 Speaker 5: off in her home, and this lady is very high strung, 247 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:08,160 Speaker 5: and she got so up tight and so on edge 248 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:11,520 Speaker 5: just waiting for it to come back. After about fifteen minutes, 249 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:14,200 Speaker 5: she finally thought to herself, well, I can't just sit here. 250 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:15,080 Speaker 4: There's nothing to do. 251 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:18,040 Speaker 5: I can't make any calls, I can't watch TV, I 252 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:19,160 Speaker 5: can't walk on my computer. 253 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:20,520 Speaker 4: And she just couldn't stand that. 254 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:23,160 Speaker 5: So she decided that she'd get in a car and 255 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:26,240 Speaker 5: drive across town to a relatives where they still had power. 256 00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:28,760 Speaker 5: But she got in the garage and she soon found 257 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:29,719 Speaker 5: out that the garage. 258 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:33,560 Speaker 4: Door wouldn't go up. She said she finally got the message. 259 00:12:33,640 --> 00:12:35,719 Speaker 5: She said, Okay, God, I'm gonna go back and I'm 260 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 5: gonna make myself get quiet. I'm gonna make myself just 261 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:41,600 Speaker 5: relax and see. We can get to the point where 262 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:44,920 Speaker 5: we're so addicted to having something to do. Our mind 263 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:48,320 Speaker 5: is always thinking, We're always planning that next thing that 264 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:52,040 Speaker 5: we've totally forgotten how to relax. Sometimes we wonder why 265 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:55,160 Speaker 5: we're up tight, why we can't sleep at night. No, 266 00:12:55,280 --> 00:12:59,040 Speaker 5: we need to have regular periods of downtime. Really, we 267 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:02,360 Speaker 5: need to retrain in ourselves to get quiet more often, 268 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:05,480 Speaker 5: to have less clutter in our lives. It's when we're 269 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:09,480 Speaker 5: really at peace, when our mind is really relaxed, that's 270 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:13,720 Speaker 5: when God refreshes us and restores us. And some of you, 271 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:16,200 Speaker 5: you know you haven't been this way in years and years. 272 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:17,160 Speaker 4: From the time you. 273 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:18,920 Speaker 5: Get up in the morning to the time you go 274 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:22,240 Speaker 5: to bed at night, your mind is constantly working. You're 275 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:25,920 Speaker 5: always worried about that child, or uptight about your finances, 276 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 5: or maybe you've got a whole lot of stress at work. No, 277 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:32,360 Speaker 5: you've got to make some adjustments. The more the world 278 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:34,640 Speaker 5: pulls out of you, the more you need to get 279 00:13:34,679 --> 00:13:37,120 Speaker 5: back to your place of peace, The more time you 280 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:40,640 Speaker 5: need to spend in silence, in God's presence. It's in 281 00:13:40,679 --> 00:13:44,000 Speaker 5: that stillness that God renews you and gives you the 282 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:47,880 Speaker 5: strength that you really need. I heard somebody say every 283 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:51,560 Speaker 5: night before we go to bed, we should totally empty 284 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:52,480 Speaker 5: out our mind. 285 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:54,360 Speaker 4: We should let go of all. 286 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:58,040 Speaker 5: Of our worries, all of our disappointments, what we didn't 287 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:00,440 Speaker 5: do right, the things we have to do the next day. 288 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:03,280 Speaker 4: We need to totally unload that and. 289 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:06,320 Speaker 5: Go to bed with our mind at ease, at rest, 290 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:09,520 Speaker 5: at peace, knowing that God is in control. And it's 291 00:14:09,559 --> 00:14:12,880 Speaker 5: so important what we put into our minds right before 292 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:16,080 Speaker 5: we go to bed. Don't lie there in your bed 293 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:18,440 Speaker 5: and watch the news and let that fill your mind 294 00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:21,239 Speaker 5: and think about all the killings and all the accidents 295 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:22,640 Speaker 5: and all the turmoil in the world. 296 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:24,960 Speaker 4: How can we expect to sleep well after that? 297 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:29,160 Speaker 5: In fact, studies tell us the last things we watch 298 00:14:29,560 --> 00:14:31,680 Speaker 5: or the last thing we think about before we go 299 00:14:31,760 --> 00:14:36,000 Speaker 5: to sleep. Subconsciously, that goes down into us, and many 300 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 5: times we dream about it. It affects our sleep, and 301 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:40,920 Speaker 5: we wonder why we toss and turn. 302 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:43,720 Speaker 4: We can't sleep well. Could be because what we're putting 303 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:44,680 Speaker 4: into our minds. 304 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:48,040 Speaker 5: We're worried about the project at work, we're upset with 305 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 5: that child. Well, let me encourage you go to bed 306 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:54,320 Speaker 5: each night meditating on the goodness of God. 307 00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:56,000 Speaker 4: Before you go to sleep. 308 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:57,880 Speaker 5: Just close your eyes and say, Father, thank you for 309 00:14:57,960 --> 00:15:00,440 Speaker 5: another good day. Thank you that I can lie down 310 00:15:00,440 --> 00:15:02,400 Speaker 5: in peace. Thank you that you have good things in 311 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:05,840 Speaker 5: store for me. See end the day thanking God for 312 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:08,880 Speaker 5: his goodness, and take it one step further. Start the 313 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:11,520 Speaker 5: day thanking God for his goodness. When you get out 314 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:14,080 Speaker 5: of bed in the morning, first thing you should say, Father, 315 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:17,000 Speaker 5: thank you for another good day. I'm excited about today. 316 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:20,280 Speaker 5: I know You've got good things in store. But start 317 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:23,760 Speaker 5: it in peace and end it in peace, and every 318 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:26,360 Speaker 5: day at least once. Maybe you want to do it 319 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:29,520 Speaker 5: more often, but learn to empty out your mind, all 320 00:15:29,560 --> 00:15:34,240 Speaker 5: your worries, all your concerns, all your frustrations, totally unload 321 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:37,320 Speaker 5: that and let God fill you with his peace. And 322 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:40,000 Speaker 5: it's so important that we get the clutter out of 323 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:43,720 Speaker 5: our lives. Why don't you learn to turn some things off. 324 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:46,280 Speaker 5: Some of you drive to work every day with the 325 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:49,600 Speaker 5: news going on into your mind ninety to nothing. You know, 326 00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:52,920 Speaker 5: every accident and every killing and every score and all 327 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:55,960 Speaker 5: this information. Now, why don't you try turning that off 328 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:58,840 Speaker 5: for a little while and just enjoy the silence, give 329 00:15:58,880 --> 00:16:01,920 Speaker 5: your mind to rest. Or maybe you want to meditate 330 00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:04,600 Speaker 5: on a scripture, maybe you want to just enjoy the 331 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:07,760 Speaker 5: beauty of God's creation. But it would do us all 332 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:11,920 Speaker 5: good to see how much of the clutter we could eliminate. 333 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:12,440 Speaker 4: From our lives. 334 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:14,840 Speaker 5: And don't get me wrong, I love to watch the news, 335 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:17,880 Speaker 5: but that is not healthy to have that stuff going 336 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:20,840 Speaker 5: into you twenty four hours a day. Now, I'm asking 337 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:24,400 Speaker 5: you today to take inventory of what you're allowing into 338 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:27,960 Speaker 5: your mind. How much peace do you have, how much 339 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:31,120 Speaker 5: quiet time do you spend each day, and what kind 340 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:33,880 Speaker 5: of adjustments could you make in order to get some 341 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:35,400 Speaker 5: of the clutter out of your life. 342 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:37,520 Speaker 4: Remember, it's when we're really at. 343 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:41,280 Speaker 5: Peace that God refreshes us and re energizes us. And 344 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:44,640 Speaker 5: I believe that we should even have a physical spot 345 00:16:44,920 --> 00:16:47,600 Speaker 5: that we could call our place a peace. That's where 346 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:50,880 Speaker 5: we go unwind and let God renew us. I know 347 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:53,520 Speaker 5: at my house, back in our bedroom, we've got this 348 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:57,040 Speaker 5: big green lazy boy chair. It's very comfortable, it's very 349 00:16:57,120 --> 00:16:59,840 Speaker 5: quiet back there, and every day that's where I go 350 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:03,320 Speaker 5: oh to spend a few minutes to just totally unwind. 351 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:07,080 Speaker 5: Sometimes I'll just lie back and meditate for ten minutes. 352 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:09,920 Speaker 5: Sometimes I'll just look out the window and stare at 353 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:13,360 Speaker 5: the trees and enjoy God's creation. Are the times I'll 354 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:15,920 Speaker 5: just sit there and breathe real deep and think about 355 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:18,439 Speaker 5: the goodness of God in my life. But that's my 356 00:17:18,560 --> 00:17:21,239 Speaker 5: place of peace now, I have an appointment with it. 357 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:24,120 Speaker 5: Every single day I find some time that I can 358 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:27,520 Speaker 5: go unwind. That's the time I let go of my worries, 359 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:30,480 Speaker 5: I let go of my frustrations. I don't think about 360 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:32,200 Speaker 5: what I have to do tomorrow. I don't think about 361 00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:35,880 Speaker 5: the future. I just get still and learn to enjoy 362 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:38,800 Speaker 5: that silence. And do you know, I can feel myself 363 00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:43,520 Speaker 5: being renewed. I can feel myself being refreshed. Being still 364 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:46,760 Speaker 5: has a calming effect. You can be all up tight 365 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:49,440 Speaker 5: and frazzled. There have been days I've come home where 366 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:53,159 Speaker 5: it's been so busy, so hectic, so stressful. But I 367 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:55,320 Speaker 5: know if I can just get back to my place 368 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:58,280 Speaker 5: of peace and spend ten or fifteen minutes there, I 369 00:17:58,320 --> 00:18:01,880 Speaker 5: can feel my whole attitude start change. Well, what's happening 370 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:05,600 Speaker 5: really is I'm just getting myself back into balance. And 371 00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:08,040 Speaker 5: when you go all day with people pulling on you 372 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:11,479 Speaker 5: at work at home, you're dealing with a whole lot 373 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:14,600 Speaker 5: of stressful situations. You too need to learn to get 374 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:16,520 Speaker 5: back into your place of peace. 375 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:18,200 Speaker 4: You don't have to be there long. 376 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:22,240 Speaker 5: Sometimes, if you're there ten minutes to just totally unwind 377 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:24,920 Speaker 5: and totally put your mind in neutral, you'll come out 378 00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:27,919 Speaker 5: of their feeling like a different person. The problem with 379 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:30,840 Speaker 5: many of you today is that you're not spending any 380 00:18:30,920 --> 00:18:33,919 Speaker 5: quiet time to speak of. The only time that you 381 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:37,480 Speaker 5: would consider yourself getting quiet is when you pray. But 382 00:18:37,560 --> 00:18:40,560 Speaker 5: the mistake most people make is when they pray, they 383 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:43,000 Speaker 5: do all the talking. They talk to God like a 384 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:44,240 Speaker 5: machine gun, giving him. 385 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:44,960 Speaker 4: All their orders. 386 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:47,400 Speaker 5: God, you got to help me do this. God, change 387 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:48,879 Speaker 5: my husband. God, fix my boss. 388 00:18:48,880 --> 00:18:49,040 Speaker 1: God. 389 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:51,560 Speaker 5: I need that promotion. God, I need wisdom. God show 390 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:53,360 Speaker 5: me what to do. God, why don't you ever talk 391 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:58,280 Speaker 5: to me? No, you know as well as I do. 392 00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:01,800 Speaker 5: God can't get a word in it. Why don't you 393 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:04,280 Speaker 5: quit doing all the talking and start doing more of 394 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:08,840 Speaker 5: the listening. Get quiet before God, be still and know 395 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:11,000 Speaker 5: that he is your God. You've got to come back 396 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:14,119 Speaker 5: to that place of peace. God speaks to us in 397 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:17,159 Speaker 5: a still small voice. If you're ever going to hear 398 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:19,320 Speaker 5: his voice, you too are gonna have to get still 399 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:22,600 Speaker 5: and some of you. The only reason you're not making 400 00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:25,520 Speaker 5: good decisions, the only reason you don't have clear direction, 401 00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:29,399 Speaker 5: is because you're not taking time to listen and understand. 402 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:31,240 Speaker 4: God already knows our. 403 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:34,160 Speaker 5: Needs before we ask, And even if he didn't, I'm 404 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:37,280 Speaker 5: sure that we've told him so many times it's ingrained 405 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:41,600 Speaker 5: in his memory. And if you normally spend ten, twelve 406 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:44,080 Speaker 5: to fifteen minutes praying each day, why don't you take 407 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:46,960 Speaker 5: part of that time and just get quiet and listen 408 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:49,320 Speaker 5: to what God is saying to you. You may not 409 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:52,560 Speaker 5: hear something every single time, but at least you'll get 410 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:55,240 Speaker 5: back to that place of peace where God can restore 411 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:58,359 Speaker 5: you and refresh you. I know some of my best 412 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:01,720 Speaker 5: sermon ideas have come the middle of the night. I 413 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:05,159 Speaker 5: wake up and it's quiet, my mind is at rest, 414 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:07,760 Speaker 5: it's totally peaceful, and all of a sudden, the ideas 415 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:10,840 Speaker 5: start coming. I'll probably get up two or three times 416 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:12,840 Speaker 5: a week during the middle of the night and make 417 00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:15,639 Speaker 5: some notes. Well, I'm sure God would speak to me 418 00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:18,399 Speaker 5: during the daytime, but the problem is most of the 419 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:22,280 Speaker 5: time we're too busy, our lives are too cluttered. Now 420 00:20:22,320 --> 00:20:25,560 Speaker 5: I've found the more quiet time I can spend and 421 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:28,800 Speaker 5: the more peace I can stay in, the easier it 422 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:31,560 Speaker 5: is for me to hear from God. The clearer direction 423 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:34,920 Speaker 5: I have, the better ideas I get. And you need 424 00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:37,480 Speaker 5: to make sure that you have your own place of peace. 425 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:40,960 Speaker 5: Make an appointment with it every single day. Just go 426 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:44,560 Speaker 5: there to totally relax, don't think about anything, just put 427 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:47,560 Speaker 5: your mind in neutral. I've learned to just breathe, real 428 00:20:47,680 --> 00:20:51,880 Speaker 5: deep breaths and totally relax, not shallow breaths. Breathe from 429 00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:55,399 Speaker 5: way down in here that naturally relaxes you. And I 430 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:57,159 Speaker 5: know at first you may think like I did. All 431 00:20:57,200 --> 00:20:59,520 Speaker 5: that's boring, that's a waste of time. But if you'll 432 00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:01,680 Speaker 5: just make yourself do it and get into that place 433 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:04,240 Speaker 5: of peace, it'll be something that you can't live without. 434 00:21:05,119 --> 00:21:08,520 Speaker 5: Another great way to relax is to get still and 435 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:12,359 Speaker 5: to meditate. I'm not talking about meditating on your problems. 436 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:16,000 Speaker 5: I'm talking about meditating on God's word. You know, sometimes 437 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:18,760 Speaker 5: when we think about meditation and think, oh, Joel, that's 438 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:20,880 Speaker 5: far out, that's not for me. You know, we think 439 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:23,240 Speaker 5: of the Tibetan monks sitting up there on the hills 440 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:26,640 Speaker 5: with their legs crossed. But meditation is all through the Bible. 441 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:29,960 Speaker 5: It's very healthy. The Bible talks about how we should 442 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:32,920 Speaker 5: meditate on God's word, how we should keep our. 443 00:21:32,920 --> 00:21:34,200 Speaker 4: Minds stayed on him. 444 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:38,080 Speaker 5: And to meditate simply means to ponder the same thing 445 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:41,800 Speaker 5: over and over again in your mind. Really, meditation is 446 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:45,159 Speaker 5: the same principle as worrying. But when you worry, you 447 00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:48,400 Speaker 5: are meditating on the enemy's thoughts. You're thinking them again 448 00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:51,280 Speaker 5: and again. Now, the next time you drive to work, 449 00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:54,320 Speaker 5: instead of letting the news fill your mind, why don't 450 00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:57,000 Speaker 5: you pick out a few scriptures and begin to meditate. 451 00:21:57,040 --> 00:22:00,240 Speaker 5: On them things like I can do all things through Christ. 452 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:02,919 Speaker 5: I am more than a conquer I am blessed and 453 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:06,960 Speaker 5: I cannot be cursed. Everything I touch prospers and succeeds. 454 00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:09,720 Speaker 4: See empty your. 455 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:12,920 Speaker 5: Mind of all that worry, and just begin to meditate 456 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:14,480 Speaker 5: on what God says about you. 457 00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:18,639 Speaker 4: And let me encourage as well. To create an atmosphere 458 00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:20,000 Speaker 4: of peace in your home. 459 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:23,840 Speaker 5: Some of you don't even really realize it, but things 460 00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:26,840 Speaker 5: are always so cluttered at your house. The phone is 461 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:30,040 Speaker 5: always ringing off the wall, the TV is always blaring. 462 00:22:30,359 --> 00:22:32,280 Speaker 5: You sit down to eat dinner with your family and 463 00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:34,240 Speaker 5: the dishwasher sounds like a jackhammer. 464 00:22:35,240 --> 00:22:37,680 Speaker 4: No, learn to create an environment of peace. 465 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:42,320 Speaker 5: Your atmosphere has a tremendous effect upon you and on 466 00:22:42,359 --> 00:22:45,199 Speaker 5: your family. Now, I know sometimes at our homes, I 467 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:47,480 Speaker 5: gotta put my foot down, say you know what, it's 468 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:50,480 Speaker 5: too noisy around here. We're gonna have some peace. We're 469 00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:53,760 Speaker 5: gonna turn off the TV. Let's turn off the cell phone. 470 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:55,760 Speaker 5: We're not gonna go running through the house. I don't 471 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:58,159 Speaker 5: want anybody banging on the piano. We're gonna have some 472 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:01,520 Speaker 5: times of quiet. And if you're gonna have a healthy 473 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:05,040 Speaker 5: home and more Importantly, if you're gonna keep your own sanity, 474 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:07,639 Speaker 5: you're gonna have to do like I do sometime and 475 00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:10,000 Speaker 5: just put your foot down and get more peace. 476 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:10,320 Speaker 4: In your home. 477 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:13,120 Speaker 5: And don't get me wrong, I love activity. I love 478 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:16,600 Speaker 5: to have fun. Sometimes after a Sunday service, we'll have 479 00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:19,880 Speaker 5: a dozen kids over at our house, running, playing, having 480 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:23,440 Speaker 5: a good time. And that's all great until about seven o'clock. 481 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:26,160 Speaker 4: Then it's time to have peace. 482 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:30,480 Speaker 5: Our son, Jonathan, he loves to play his new electric guitar. 483 00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:33,520 Speaker 5: He only knows one way to play it, and that's loud. 484 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:37,040 Speaker 5: It's not enough that our whole household can hear it. 485 00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:39,480 Speaker 5: He wants to make sure people across the country can 486 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:39,880 Speaker 5: hear it. 487 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:43,720 Speaker 4: But be aware of what kind of atmosphere is in 488 00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:44,240 Speaker 4: your home. 489 00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:46,960 Speaker 5: As I said, sometimes we wonder why we're up tight 490 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:50,520 Speaker 5: while we're on edge, but it's because there's too much chaos, 491 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:54,960 Speaker 5: the phones ringing, the doorbell and just the TV's blaring. Know, 492 00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:58,440 Speaker 5: the overall atmosphere in your home should be very peaceful. 493 00:23:58,480 --> 00:23:59,399 Speaker 4: Make the adjustments. 494 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:03,680 Speaker 5: One other thing, learn not to bring stress into your home. 495 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:06,600 Speaker 5: By that, I mean what happens at the office you 496 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:09,240 Speaker 5: need to leave at the office. You may have had 497 00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:12,040 Speaker 5: a real tough day and you're on edge and people 498 00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:14,879 Speaker 5: didn't treat you right. But don't make the mistake of 499 00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:18,680 Speaker 5: bringing that junk home. Some people take all their worries 500 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:21,080 Speaker 5: and all their frustrations and they just dump them on 501 00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:24,240 Speaker 5: their family members. Now lead that at the office. Keep 502 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:27,359 Speaker 5: peace in your home. I heard about this man that 503 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:30,280 Speaker 5: had a very stressful job, and he would come home 504 00:24:30,359 --> 00:24:33,320 Speaker 5: every night so uptight and so on edge that his 505 00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:36,160 Speaker 5: family didn't even want to be around him. And finally 506 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:38,840 Speaker 5: he realized what was happening, and he decided to make 507 00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:39,679 Speaker 5: some changes. 508 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:41,080 Speaker 4: And on his way. 509 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:44,080 Speaker 5: Home, about ten minutes from his house, there was this park, 510 00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:47,240 Speaker 5: and so instead of coming straight home and dumping all 511 00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:50,119 Speaker 5: that turmoil on his family, he would pull into the 512 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:53,879 Speaker 5: park and just take five or ten minutes to totally unwind. 513 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:56,800 Speaker 5: That was where he emptied his mind of all of 514 00:24:56,800 --> 00:25:00,120 Speaker 5: his worries, all of his frustrations, all of his disappointm 515 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:03,120 Speaker 5: That was his place of peace. He had so much 516 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:05,600 Speaker 5: pulled out of him during the day. He went there 517 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:08,680 Speaker 5: to get back in balance, to get quiet, to get peaceful. 518 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:11,560 Speaker 5: And his wife said, it's a totally different atmosphere at 519 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:12,200 Speaker 5: our home now. 520 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:15,360 Speaker 4: It's fun, it's loving. We're happier than we've ever been. 521 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:18,840 Speaker 5: See, don't make the mistake of bringing that stress with you. 522 00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:21,879 Speaker 5: Doesn't just affect you, it affects your family. And I 523 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:25,080 Speaker 5: know some of you have very stressful jobs. You work hard, 524 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:28,000 Speaker 5: and then you drive in the traffic home thirty minutes, 525 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:30,840 Speaker 5: forty five minutes fighting the traffic, but you've always got 526 00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:34,600 Speaker 5: the news going on. You're so bombarded, so cluttered. Let 527 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:36,880 Speaker 5: me encourage you. On your way home, that's the time 528 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:39,600 Speaker 5: you need to begin to unwind. Why don't you turn 529 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:45,159 Speaker 5: the news off, turn the radio down, drive slower, breathe deeper. 530 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:46,560 Speaker 4: And begin to relax your mind. 531 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:48,959 Speaker 5: You got to get back to that place of peace, 532 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:52,080 Speaker 5: get back in balance. If you have to pull into 533 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:54,280 Speaker 5: a park like that, man, take a couple of minutes 534 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:57,879 Speaker 5: to totally unwind. But don't make the mistake of bringing 535 00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:00,520 Speaker 5: that stuff home with you. It's not fair to your children, 536 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:03,879 Speaker 5: and it's not fair to your spouse and parents. I've learned, 537 00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:06,920 Speaker 5: the more peaceful we are, the more peaceful our kids 538 00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:09,679 Speaker 5: are gonna be. We set the tone for our homes. 539 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:12,840 Speaker 5: I know one time it had been very noisy at 540 00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:15,600 Speaker 5: our house, and I could feel myself getting on edge, 541 00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:17,119 Speaker 5: and I thought, well, I'm gonna go back to my 542 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:19,760 Speaker 5: green chair and get quiet and just have a little 543 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:22,560 Speaker 5: while to relax. But just as I started going back there, 544 00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:25,600 Speaker 5: the doorbell rang and some friends came over and their 545 00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:27,920 Speaker 5: daughter was selling something, and so I went and got 546 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:29,480 Speaker 5: my check book and I bought that. 547 00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:30,840 Speaker 4: We visited a little while. 548 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:33,840 Speaker 5: Then Jonathan needed some help with his homework, and then 549 00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:35,240 Speaker 5: something else came up I had. 550 00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:36,639 Speaker 4: To deal with, and it seemed like on and on 551 00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:37,120 Speaker 4: and on. 552 00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:40,320 Speaker 5: Well, finally I got back to my green chair and 553 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:42,320 Speaker 5: I sat down, and I was ready to have some peace. 554 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:45,639 Speaker 5: But I wasn't there thirty seconds until I heard this 555 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:51,119 Speaker 5: real loud, fast knocking on the house. It was so annoying. 556 00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:53,840 Speaker 5: I thought, what in the world is this? And so 557 00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:56,719 Speaker 5: I went outside and do you know, right above our 558 00:26:56,760 --> 00:27:01,159 Speaker 5: bedroom window there was a woodpecker and he was just 559 00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:03,720 Speaker 5: pecking away right there while I was trying to get 560 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:06,640 Speaker 5: some rest, and I thought, man, when it rains, it pours. 561 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:09,719 Speaker 5: I said, God, I really love your creation, but this 562 00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:11,159 Speaker 5: little woodpecker. 563 00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:12,160 Speaker 4: Is about to come on home to see you. 564 00:27:15,359 --> 00:27:18,280 Speaker 5: I didn't hurt him, but with a few rocks I 565 00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:22,720 Speaker 5: helped him to change his location. But my point is 566 00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:25,560 Speaker 5: the enemy will do everything he can to keep you 567 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:28,320 Speaker 5: from having peace. He doesn't want you to get quiet, 568 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:30,600 Speaker 5: He doesn't want you to be refreshed and restored. 569 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:32,840 Speaker 4: He doesn't want us to enjoy our lives. 570 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:35,040 Speaker 5: If you're gonna have peace, you're gonna have to put 571 00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:37,680 Speaker 5: your foot down, be determined, and have it on purpose. 572 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:40,040 Speaker 5: And some of you know you haven't been by those 573 00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:42,920 Speaker 5: still waters in a long long time. You hardly take 574 00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:45,960 Speaker 5: any time alone. It do you good if you had 575 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:48,119 Speaker 5: to to even hire a babysitter. 576 00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:50,480 Speaker 4: Just to get you some quiet time, says in Isaiah 577 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:51,280 Speaker 4: thirty fifteen. 578 00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:55,600 Speaker 5: In quietness and confidence shall be your strength. That simply 579 00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:58,800 Speaker 5: means when we get quiet, when we get in peace, 580 00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:00,880 Speaker 5: that's when we're gonna have the strength. 581 00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:02,280 Speaker 4: We need to fight the good fight of faith. 582 00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:05,480 Speaker 5: So let me challenge you again, take time every day 583 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:09,800 Speaker 5: to get quiet in the stillness God renews you. The 584 00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:12,080 Speaker 5: more the world pulls out of you, the more time 585 00:28:12,119 --> 00:28:14,520 Speaker 5: you need to spend in God's presence and learn to 586 00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:16,720 Speaker 5: get rid of the clutter, turn off things that you 587 00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:19,720 Speaker 5: don't need, and every day make sure at least once 588 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:22,560 Speaker 5: you empty out your mind of all your worries and concerns. 589 00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:25,399 Speaker 5: If you do that, God promises to fill you with 590 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:27,320 Speaker 5: his peace. He'll refresh you, re. 591 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:30,600 Speaker 4: Energize, you'll rebuild you. You'll experience the victories that He 592 00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:33,800 Speaker 4: has in store. Amen. How many of you receive it today? Well, 593 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:34,359 Speaker 4: I know you do. 594 00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:39,720 Speaker 5: We never like to close our broadcast without giving you 595 00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:42,520 Speaker 5: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 596 00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:47,160 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I 597 00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:52,080 Speaker 4: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 598 00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:53,400 Speaker 4: you my Lord and savior. 599 00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:57,040 Speaker 5: Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you 600 00:28:57,080 --> 00:29:00,000 Speaker 5: got born again. Get in a good Bible based te 601 00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:01,720 Speaker 5: keep God first place. 602 00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:04,200 Speaker 4: He's going to take your places you've never dreamed of. 603 00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:08,360 Speaker 6: Thank you for listening to the Joelo's Dean podcast. 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